One of my clients got two job offers this week, and the one she picked may surprise you. After several weeks of diligently following my strategies, she received two offers that seemed pretty different:
- Company 1 paid more, offered higher seniority, and even her own office.
- Company 2 had an authentically kind team, a transparent interview process, and a collaborative, accommodating culture, but at first it didn’t seem like enough to outweigh the money.
But my client’s work didn’t stop at picking one offer and signing, because my coaching doesn’t stop at simply getting the job offer. Rather than making the “easy” choice, I coached her through an extensive offer comparison and research process that included networking with current and former employees, legal reviews, culture-issue analysis, and more.
What did we find? The seemingly higher-paying job with more seniority was riddled with red flags: pending discrimination lawsuits, unstable budgets, miserable team members, and customers reporting bad business practices online.
So what did we do? We leveraged the higher-paying offer from Company 1 to renegotiate with Company 2. And just as they had demonstrated throughout the process, they were kind, transparent, and collaborative. They increased both the title and the salary.
Why was this process so important to me as a coach? Because I believe my clients deserve it all: both the money and a transparent organization, a kind and collaborative culture and the title.
At Your Career Mentor, coaching isn’t just about fixing a resume and practicing interviews. It is about reminding my clients of all that they deserve, and showing them how to discern, research, network, and have the conversations to get there.
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